CVE-2026-32700
Prior to version 5.0.3, a race condition in Devise's Confirmable module allows an attacker to confirm an email address they do not own.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Devise is an authentication solution for Rails based on Warden. Prior to version 5.0.3, a race condition in Devise's Confirmable module allows an attacker to confirm an email address they do not own. This affects any Devise application using the `reconfirmable` option (the default when using Confirmable with email changes). By sending two concurrent email change requests, an attacker can desynchronize the `confirmation_token` and `unconfirmed_email` fields. The confirmation token is sent to an email the attacker controls, but the `unconfirmed_email` in the database points to a victim's email address. When the attacker uses the token, the victim's email is confirmed on the attacker's account. This is patched in Devise v5.0.3. Users should upgrade as soon as possible. As a workaround, applications can override a specific method from Devise models to force `unconfirmed_email` to be persisted when unchanged. Note that Mongoid does not seem to respect that `will_change!` should force the attribute to be persisted, even if it did not really change, so the user might have to implement a workaround similar to Devise by setting `changed_attributes["unconfirmed_email"] = nil` as well.
- CVSS 4.0
- 6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.27% probability · 20th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- heartcombo/devise
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/issues/5783Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/pull/5784Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/security/advisories/GHSA-57hq-95w6-v4fcVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/devise/GHSA-57hq-95w6-v4fc.ymlBroken Link
- https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/issues/5783Issue Tracking
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.